George kay and joseph kay



y 'n-itin gisten getint @ffice GEORGE KAY AND JOSEIH KAY, 0F ESOPUS, NEWv YORK. Letters Patent No. 60,905, dated January 1, 1867 antedatefl December 20, 1866.

IMI'ROVBMENT IN POCKET KNIVES.

TO ALL` WHOM IT MAY CONCERiN:

Be it known that we, GEORGE KAY and JOSEPHKAY, of Esopus, in the county of Ulster, and State of'New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pocket Knives and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wings, 'forming a part of this specification.

The4 present invention consists in a novel manner'of securing the spring or springs forholding'the bladesof a pocket knife in position, either open or closed, whereby the cost of manufacture is greatly decreased, and a much more efficient knife produced, as will be obvious from the following detail description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in whiche Figure 1 is a view of the inside of one of the side plates or pieces of the knife handle, showing the blade spring in connection therewith; and l Figure 2, a cross-section through the handle of the knife, taken in the direction of its length.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.` l

A A, in the drawings, represent the side plates or pieces of the knife handle, which are secured together at each end by means of rivets in the ordinary manner; in and between the rivet a, at the front end of the handle, and the raised lip or flange b, upon the backl edge of one of the side plates A, one end of the bent spring B is firmly held, against the other and loose end, C, of which theknife blade acts as in ordinary pocket knives. The rivet a, when the handle is made Yof metal, may be east-or otherwise formed in connection with one side of the same, as well also'asthe raised flange or edge b, which is intended to be of sufiicient depth to embrace the entire space or opening between the two side wplatesiof the knife handle.

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-7- The arrangement of the bent spring B between the rivet a and flange b, in combination with the side plates A A, constructed and operating inthe manner and for the pnrposepherein specied.

' GEORGE Kar,- JOSEPH KAY` Witnesses:

OSCAR AMES, PHILIP WOOLSEY. 

